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V'LUNTEKits." Sm ithc fj Hill. Sutters. ToI A. T. Buruley, Johnson & Co. To Ato't of Smith & lill's ur'l-r &c. For the s'ime purpose. I insert one of the orJers, which is as lnilows Now Orlents, Jan'y 231, 1847. To Col. P. M. i'd r. the Council of Au - aiisi5tr atn of the Pame io legi en. You will please cause the sum f Six thousand ei;lht huired aund sixty four 5- 100 dollars or any part the rerof. to lie retaiued in your hands ont of the first money ordered to be paid to its ont account of the legiment, .and the s;au you n ill remait to Messrs. A. T. 1;urnley, Johnson & Co.. New Orleans. to pay them the said amount of $G,SJ1. 55 10J due to them by us, (Signetl) Your obed't serv'ts. Sinih & lill. On the back of this order is the follow -Mead Q'iartcrs, Pal-netto Regimcnt. Camp Dens. Mohilk! AI. Jan'y 2531h, 18 7. G enilemen-The Counnil of Adinis tration hi ld a meceting this day. Col. P. bl. Bunler lai'1 before the Council tno orders from Smith & Iill. Sutlers of the Regiment. The Counil ordered the 'President to inform illessrs. A. T. Iaurnley & Johnson. that they would direct the 1a master. to retain all monies due Messrs 'Smith & Hill, uutil Said amounts were ,paid. Respecfully, (Signed) A. 11. GLADE?, lajor Palmetto Reg't. S. C. V. and President of Council. The goods bought by the Sutlers ntere sId. as I was credibly informel. in part to ether persons, than our own Volunteers The dreadful casaalties of the war, doubt less had inuch eflect in preventing full payment. of the account. I thought the Legislature too precipitate ia paying a -claim, based on a mere letter from the claimant, accompanied by ur,t one of the original orders. and without requiring the ordinary precaution of having the account verified by an affidavit and especially in providamg for the payment of the account as made out-wherein was charged the expenses of the agent, and on which no credit was given for the goods sold to Chaee. I catnot conjecture any motive eon sistent with truth and honesty, for the allegation that I atteumpied to raise the taxes. I beg leave on this subject to refer to the printed journals of the Senate, from which it will appear, that at both Sessions which I have served, I attempt-'d to reduce the tax on slaves, and at the lasi Session succeeded in doing so. I have long thought that it was bad policy in the State. to impose the principal amount of our taxes on our slaves. We all remember, that it was an avowed object of the North by their high Tariffs to render the labor of our slaves unproductive, and thus 1,rco us to emancipate them; and our own policy tiflers but ittle in principle from that which we then so proparly denounced. Vith the world in arms against its on this institution, the South ought not indirectly to aid her enemies in lessening the vclue of her own property. Tax your slaves, bttt let. it. be_ tt der a svst .hiit. i1.I includo equal y other interests. This equality I .endeavored in some measure at the last Session,'to eal'eet by lessening the tax otn slaves, and imposing a small otne of 10 cents on every 8100 which any ne had at interest, or used ian buyiig notes, bonds &c. Thousanads of our citi zeais have alnost their entire estate in mnoney thus used, and althaough they enjoy all the beamefiti of the govermaient supported by the taxes, yet pay themselves nothing towards that object. Is it righa that a man whose fortaunae coansists of utte hundred thousaand dollars invesaed in bonds atnml notes, should be entirely exempt from:a taxntiit)n ?' I am also informed, that no efomra has. been spared to identify any name with the Act giving the Towna Couancil of Edtge field, the money arising fromti licenses -granted with in the incarporation ; andc that t-he most utnfounided rumors aand imnpres sionas prevail in relation to that mecasure. It is 5elieved by sioine that thae Act gives to the Couancil, the motney ar.sing fromr all the licetices in thse -district, tand vairiouas other equally unreasoniable and extrava-. gaat impressions exist. By rtfereaice to the Acts of 1817, p. 450, it will lie seen, that the Conned have only the money, from licenises withbin the towai and tno moore. This measure w;as patssead -m tho pectit ioni of ahe citizens oif ahe Trown ; it passed one house wvithouit any oppJositioni, aand tthe other. wiatout ay. ahat w;as av;ail tog. I voted for the Act, aid will assigat the reasoans why I dial so. There was nto reason an justify anay discritmination lie tween Ed5deli and alt thet other ine,r porated townis in the St.iae, fur I believe the troth is. th;at every such town, an South Carolinia, and I may adtl, in the civilized world, receives ahe revenue aris. ing, wit hin their liamits, from soch sources. At the Session (f 1846, precisely sch an applicationt wvas mnade ;and ga anted 'o Pent. dlctoni Village, w.ithboata any appiosititon then, framn those whit opposed te measaure int question).. i tioaught oat every priinciple of justice, the town was entitled ao this reventue. It has a poptlati,m of over 900 persoans, somttihian. maore thaan hiatf tf whaich, is cotmapiaetd of slaves. Anid if you addh to ihais, a le faca, a hat fromt its beinig a place of mnuch traide, and other indtaue ments, lmage gangs of ntegroes front 1he .count ry are seent ii thme streets at nlight and n the Sababathm, it will at otace ho seeni lay every unprejudiced mxinid, that the Thown is required lfir ius owna proteclion. and im fact, for the benefit tof owuns of slaives, ini the nieighboring country to keep tip a much more constaant, unitormi inaldeli cient patrol, than could be furttished by the beat Couianay. The Caouncil deiail a piatrol for every night ini tae week, atid one for eacha Sabbath, anad this with imany tither duties aid matters. rendekr it neces~ sary to have a Slarshmall,'wh lo tmaut, ofi cntise, he paidi, liesids saome reveanue i deamanidedl to keep ini repair, the pubilic piitmps, and the Fire Eng ine, nihich pr tects the public records as well as private I propterty. Further, the people of thme Townt are subjecaced to all the evils andi anitoyances arising fromu then retailing system wviahin a their lim its, antI if it is to be conmtiued, is I shouil enjoy w hat little revenno thence auises for the purpose of preserving order and good goternnient wit hin ti town. If the people is the country are really oppost;d to the Withh,ilding of licenses by the Town Cotteil-let me ask thei. if it can he supp:,sed, that the people of the Town will consent that their authiities shall grat lic:nscs, when they shall have been deprived of ,his revenue, and left without mitigation to sulfer the multiphed evil. of the sytetn itself. 'T'here is tite! view f hi, sbjiert, which shonli silence all objection on the part of the District at large to this measure. which I proceed to state. The State levies a tax of 25 cetnts ad valrem on every hundred dollars of the value of all Town lots ; 60 cents per i'unet'ed dollars on professions; 53 cents per hundred dollars on merchandize and 52 cents per head ott slaves; thn tax on Town hits is heuvy, and is not paid at all by owners of houses and lands in the country. S. that it follows. that on a very Irge atnount of properly (towcn lots) Edgefiel. pays a tax which is not paid by the country. i remark further, that the Commissioners of Roads, having tnulirni ted power of taxation. have i:posed a tax of 32 per cent this year. and a similar one im past years, sometimes more or iess. out the State tax. The f'lluwin, state metl will show very tearly, the amount of tax, which the Village pays to the Con missioners of Ruads, for the District at large. Value of Town Lots in the Village on which tax is paid to the State S1S0,0g0. The State tax on this is, S150 00 On value of Stock in trade, 143 00 ". value of professions, Law and Medicine, .120 60 " 476 Negroes, 247 52 Tax paid by Village to the State $960 52 Oat this sum the Commisinters levy 32 per cent. atmounting to $307 3G. 'I.is sum is paid ovet to the Commtissioners of the Roads to be expended in the District at larme exclusive of the corporation, the Cortmmissioners of Itoads having no joris diction withi the Town or its corporate limtits. From thi it will appear, that the Village pay $307 36 annually as a Road tax to the District, not one cent of which is, or can he expended in its limits. and that of this stun $144 is raised from a State tax on Town lots. which thecountry does not pay at all. The Village was in corporated in 1830. Su that for 18 years a sitnilar tax has been paid by it to the District, naking the large sunt of about Five thonsand five hundred dollars, which the Commissioners of Roads have received from the Town during that time, ahid no part of which was expended within the corporation. And it is proper to add, that during that peri-+d. the mioney arising from licenses has also been received by the District. ;' hein these vie(vs are -cot sidered and many more might be added. I think I may safely leave an intelligenit and reflecting people to detertnine w hethei' there is any just fonnda1ion for the preju dice and clattor, which have been gotten up rn this subject. If there is any prin ciple on ,vhich the effort to recover, this revenue from tho Town of Edglefteld can be susrained,__hy do not those enlisted in it. also etnrace our sister Town Hlambnrg in their exertions to put things right. I do not think ihmbtrg ought to be de prived of snch a source of revenue; butt it Edgelleid is, it woultd be difficult to jnstify the discriminiatin. H-antburg reccives andt uses the money arising from licences to a much larger extent thant Edgefield. I re gret to leartn that mnatny tof my fellow eiti zens have etmhihed erroneous nottions ott this siubhject. But I am sure if they *wtl carefully think and examine ftr them selves, anti watcht more jealomisly the sua-. gestionis ofi designing political demtagitgucs, nho are always tttondttitng some hiobby, that their mnitnd will be relieved fioma all misconception. I regre: the length of this article. But I cannot clttse it without a awatrd in refer enve to the Batik qutestiotn. I have fur years beetn opposetd to Statte Ilanks. The experienco of the coumtry itt thte case oif the Uttited States Barnk, thte startlinig fact that all such brinks in the other States of the Untion have flailed, andI btrtught dis tress in their traitn, show the itmpolicy of sneh itnstitutions. The capital oif a State Batik is always in eiT'ect. ratised by taxatioin; either fromt taxat ion origittally otr by losan tO) be ptaid by taxatioin afterwards. Cani the policy of ettther taxinig the people to raise captital rftr a Ste llantk. or oif htorrots ing monmey lasr stuch cap)ital bie justified? .I thiunk that uttr Batik has not tmade antitally 7 per cent. otn its capital. Why take thebt mu uey fromt the pseot-le, to whomtt it is worth 7 per cent. and put it where it is less va luable, tandl pay Banik otticers foi- tani agitng it. I think such an instiltutioni dun gerouts. Ii has bteeti strongly said that the tetdency otfsuchi a Bank is to rutn into pt hiues. nmid of poiliticianas to runa into dhe Batik; and the history of the United States Buttk verrifies that seintitmetnt. I do ntie unertake to say that our Ibank is ibtox itots in this respect. It may or mtay tnt be. If ao disposedl, the Batik may exett strong power over the politics aud legishi tiotn of tecotuntry If there were no'otl.er, I thitnk thte tnost coclusive objection to such ant itistituition, arises tromt he utter itmpracticability of fairly investigating its concerns. Th,e peo pie have nto, from the necessity of the case, the samne facilities atnd urgent me tives for rigid investigation of such a Bank as belonigs to, and act uate stockholders itn I a private batnk. I thtmk that uo overrulitng tecessity catn exist for rechartering our Batik, attd that the Legislature ought, at I at eatrly p)eriod, lto indicate suich a dleter minatiomn. I am ini favor of a rigid itnves igationt ofthe alfairs of the Bank, and pro spectively I tink that an annual report tnd pubhlicaitiont oft he habtilities of the O0ti eers and Directtors atnd of the .\embters of he Legish;auure woulti not be without lhen tincial results. Prudent and hottest men I seek tno disguise; tho.se who from favor, tismt air situilar motitives, share too large. y of the public futnds, ought to be extiased. I N. L. GRIFFIN. Not less than 800,003X .lead letters were I eceived r,t the Getaeral Ptst Omlen during he year 18-17. T1he contents of 2.787 of he .,,... ....1..,se vecedcd .i20.000. . Por the Advertiser. Mlr. EutTot: It has been reported in different parts nl the district, that the Jail' is in a filthy con ditiut-so much so, that the sickness of some of the inmates has been caused by a want of cleanliness &c. Some two weeks since, the subject was brought to the no. ice of one of the commissioners ctf Public Buildings, and he imnediately visited the Jail. and was gratified to find that there was no just -cause of complaint. An order, however, waa given to the Jailor to have the walls and ceiling whitewashed, and the ceiling repaired where it had been hro. ken; which order has been well executed. If any one doubts the truth of this stah ment, he is respectfully invited to come and examine fur hin'ell OrE OF TIM COM. or PuB. BUILD. Edgelicld. July 31. 16 IS. From the Abbeville Banner of the 29th. UtaER To THE Von.USTV.s.-The dinner given in honor of our returned Vol, unteers came ol ini line style on Tuesday last. The assemblage of persons upon that occasion was by far the largest we have ever seen int the District ; persons were present to see and honor our gallant soldiers, who have not visited the village before in many years. taough uatives al the District. It is estimated that at least liur thousand jpersoun' were present, thi we know is in bounds, others make the nnmher much greater. The most per feet order was observed through",ut this vast assembly. which may he attihuted mainly tothe abs'enre of spi.ituots liquors. We e.nnot say anything in,reeard to the speeches made that day in consequence a being unable to get near enuagh to hear. Correspondence of the Ciarzrlest:n Mercury Washington. July 24, 1848. I see that the statement I made to you, that G;en. Taylor, in a letter written t Mr. Abbot Lawre'.ce of Boston, had said that, if elected President of the Unitet States, he would organize his Cabinei from the *best and purest Whigs of the Union. is sneered at in one *if your city papers. ''his tnorning's National Intelli gencer contains the synopsis of at speech delivered by Mr. Lawrence at the Whit ratification meeting, at Burlinetton, Ver mont, on his way to Canada. The follow ing words are taken from the report of hi! remarks: Mr. L. asserted that Gen. Taylor was a Wbig, a stanneb Whig. lie was respon siblo for the statetent, Gen, Taylo would have a Whig Cabinet. Mr. Lawrence also says in the same speerh: '.The question now before the people n1 the country is, whether Uen. Taylor, as th* exponent of the great Whig docrrines of ln'ernal Improvement and a Protece tive Tarifl. or Lewis Cass, as the expo neut of the conceutrated recklessness and radicalism of the LocoToco party, shall nadminister the Government for the nex1 Presidential term. You will reuteinher that at this very session of Congress. it was pmpoeed in the House that the Tarifl Law of 1816 shoukd he repealed, and thus leave the 1Vhi Tarifl of 1942 in full operation, and it was verys,rly h,inn enrried--wl-ote-.e nf the Whigs North and West voting fer ihe proposition Gen. Taylor. in his Alli ton letter, is distinctly committed to veto no bills ou the TarilT internnartpreve ments. or~ a Bank (If the U. States. The Compromise Biill, as it is called, -ill fail. On last Fridlay it would have ptssedl by a large majority. Mr. IBarrow, s Whtig Re.pre.senitaive from Tennessee, congratulated the Hlouse 0n it's intrnew ion to the Senate. On Saturday you w~ill see that the effourt to anyurd the ill iy strikitng out all that part relating to Caifornia and New Mexico, rai4ed by a very decided vote in the Senate. On Sun :lay it is utnders-ood,. however, that the Whigs had a conaference, the result eaf a hicha is that, in their r.pinioni, if the hil] passes, it must destroy their p)rospc itn hle ceiming. Presidential election This moining Mr. Hlillia'rd, a Whig fromt Ala., leclared his opposition to'the bill. and it is undersoild that lie speaks the opiniotn of hle greater part, if tnot the whole, eof the Southern WVhig Representatives. Int the Setate, Southecrn Whtigs who las.s week leclaredl thtemtselvyes decidedly in favor ol lie bill, will uncw note agai'nst it, Mir. Phelps. one of thu Select ommittee who reported the hill, declared to day that he was the only Northerta Whir who would] vote' ftor the hill. You will hee anxious to know iw hat are the views which thus utdite Northern Whbigs andh Suitherti WVhigs it appositionl to this measure : bec.antse with ne patiy the bill dloes not go far eniouigh; otud with the other it goes tolo far. The true resonts, as understood bere, are these: the Noi'htern Whligs thtinik that atty concessieon, ir a1pparent concession, on their piart, on his sublject, unonild give the Nelrth to Van Buren, and defeat Taylor twhilst the Suhern Whiigs fecar that if this qoestion s closed. the peculiar ground ott which Gen. Taylor is suppilrted in their sectioid langer to the South on this <questiotn-i akein away, and ott the old issues hetween he two parties they must be beaten. The reat argutment that General Taylor is a lavehtolder will niot then apply. So the ights of the Southa 0n this great qutestin re to be held in abeyance, and their in. rests are to be put up as9stakes in the next resieuetial ehectin. The vote in the Senate will probably disclose where ins. ice tol the South. and respect for her ights, exist amonag the parties of the North. Senator Corwitn, a VYhig froa Ohio, ins jest concluded a speecq, which will take five rnen out of six in the Southt who real it disunlionists. HIe concluded y~ brodadly and repeatedly asserting that *en. Taylair would not get thte vote of~ a ingle free State in the Union, buat for hisi hedge not1 to vete) any bill passed by Cou ress cuataininlg the Wihuot Proviso. Passage of ihe Compiromnise Bill-A elegraphaic despatch received at the Cota ier oflice, states that the Senate was in ession all nieht of the 26it, ande adjonnr l tat 8 o'clock ini the moerning of the 27~ fer the passage of the Compromise bill, cv a vote of 33:to 22, amneudmetrs were rposed antd adopted, allowing appeal to he Supreme Court in all amounts, and al o prohibiting legislation for or against From thke N. 0. Balletin-Exlrd. GEN. TAYLOR'S ACC1PTANCIC. in cdnselnence of the daIy which has attended the receipt of Gov. Morehead's letter, and the general anxiety th'tt is felt on the subject.. the following correspon deoce is laid before the public. itn autici patin of ita oilicial publication. The letter to Moirehead went fnrtward by the tail of the 18th ami wal. therefore. prohably appear at the North, befure th is I reaches :here. Philadalpbia, Juno 10, 1848, Gv. ZAcuAR TarILOR: Dear Sir: At a Conventio-t of the Whigs of the Unitedl States, hell in this tity onl the 7th inst . and continued from day to day util the ith, you were nomina tel as a candidate for the Presidetial election. By a res.,lutinn of +oaild Con-vention it t was male the duty of their President to t communicate to you, the result of their deliberationt, and to request yuuT accep- I tance of the notminati"n. In obedie.ee to the rexolve, 1, as tho organ therein designated. have the honor 1 to make to you the foregoing con.nonica lion and to ask your acceptance of the 4 nominalion. Permit me, dear sir, to iudulge the hope that he who never shrinks front any res pronsibifity. nor fails to discharge any duty assigned him by his Government. % ill not t now refuse the enth'tsiastic call of his -countrymen. I am, dear sir. With sentiments ofvery high regard. Your most ohdient servant. t J. M. MOREHEAD Baton Rouge. La.. July 151h, ISIS. Sta: I have had the honor to receive i your commnuttication of .June 10tht, tan uouncing that the Whig Couvention. which assembled at Philadelphia on the 7tlh, of that month. and of which you were the 4 presiding ofticer, has nominated tme for f the office of President of :he United t States. I.ooking to the composition of the Con vention, and its numerous and patriotic constituency, I fsel deeply grateful for th e honor bestowed upon me. and for the dis tinguished confidence implied in tny nt- i tmination by it, to the highest office in the t gift of the American people. 4 I cordially accept that nontitajinn, but t with a sincere distrast of my fitness to r fulfil the duties of an office, which detands for its exer:ise the tmost exalted abihties C and patriotiii. and which has been ren- , dered illustr'mtrs by the greatest names in our history. But should the selection of the Whig Convention be cofirmned by the people, I shall endeaver 1o discharge the new duties then devolving upon me, so as to meet the just expectations of my fellow I citisens, and perserved undiminished, the c prosperity and reputation of our cotmmon country " t I 'have the honor to remain, . With the highest respect, Your most obedient servat.t, -Z. TAYLOR. To the Hon. J. M. Morehead. Greensbnro, Guildiord Co., N. C. Coi. Johnson.-We deeply regret in learn that the cmidifitmsLour amiable and exCeller1oerhor still coniiiwes Tc-xTrtrtu ly precarious. Tte compour.d fracture under which he is suffering, is regarded as a mst dannterous matter. partienlarly to otne wao has attaitted Gonverunt Johnson's advatnced age, and who weights nearly 300 lbs. WVe stmeercly hofe, that Godl wilt spare his iuvatuable lil e.-T'emperarce A d vocale. Since thec above was written, we final itt the -Charleston,Mlercury " thte followinta extract from a lesier from Col. D. Juhussn o a friend in Columnbia, datedl "LzazssTors SPRnNos, Julv 19. "My fathers *vountded leg is doing as well as could be expected. lie is howev er. suffering a gre;at deal frtom pain to:night. T'he Doctor-, obr obil friendl and skilfl~s Phaysicaan, Win. B. Nott, gives tus thte most chteering hopes of soon seeing him perfect ly rest ored, andi on his feet again. I)RPARTURZ of LASIAIITiNE FatoM FRANCE. -A circumast;ance lhts- transpired which has created no little ssr;rise. M1. tIe Lamartine is outt to quit France. The p)retext is, that he intends to trave'l it the East, and that he is to be accotmpatnied by Madame tie Lamnartinte. hlis depart ore must he very near at hatnd, as it is staid that some of his luggatge has already beenu despatchedi to Marseilles. M. die Lttmartne's depatrinte at the pre- p sent tmomaent, amd usnder sucah pecu liatrcir cumsttanices, has given rise to a variety ofr rumiors, of tviih thte truth is very doutaht ful. Atotnt ete itmprobabhle reptortN. it is said that 31. L.satartirne in the first piatte,. appliedi for a passpsort for E,mglands, atndt that the Exzecutive Goavernmaent refused it b on the groundis tha;t, hefonre goinag, it wias ( necessary that the N4ationtal Assembly thoultd extaminle atnd approve the acts of the Provisional Govertnet and the Ex- i ecutive Comnmit tee, from tihe periodt tofg thteir coming inton oflice t)n the24tht of Feb ruary till the 24th June, whten titey qjuit ted it; and tbat as tmany questios tttgta be asked, and explanatious requiredl by e thte Assembly as to ilhese acts, and espe- ,A cmily as to the expentditnre of money. it would be exceedingly inconvensient thtat Lamartitne shouldl be ab,sent at such a me. .. metnt. Supposing this story to be true, 3 it would merely show that the presett powers disapproved of the absence tof MI. de latmartine at all, but it does not ac-] count for his passport being refused to J England and granted to Ma.rseflies. DE,ATa OF CIHATEAUbRIAND--Thte fo1- It lowitng letter has hee.i addressed by A bbe a Deguerry to the Journal des Debats: a Paris, July 4,. "Monsietur.-Fran,ce has losl one of her noblest sons. M. de Chateaubriatnd died is this morning, at a qunarter past 8 o'clock. t4 We received his last sigh Ac died in full h posessioo of his faculties- So flne an ins f telligencee did otf right congtner death anti I preserve in his grasp a visitble liberty. The . death of Madamie de Chatenubriand, last , year. afl'ected him so much that layitng 'g his htandf on his breast,he said, "1 feet amy life atta,:ked and dried up in its soturce." d 0 A man is taller in thte mtornti.g by half c an inch than he is at night. Iti the hnmnn body thme re rc2.40 bones. BY LAST XIGi7'S M1IA IL. We learn by last night's mail that the Jotnprttmi-.e Bill was losi in the Ilou<e of ,tepresentatives, on motion of M.. Ste >hens of Georgia, '-io lay the hill on the able," by a vote of 1]2 t '37. E'rorn Daily Colunbia Tlegraplh. 31 July. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUlOPE. - From a d+spaich received last evening. Intel Baltimore. July 251ih, ae learn th+t lie Steamer .urapt arrived at D ' ton oin lie evening of tl-: 27th inut. biringin t Ionr lays later intellig-re firot Eurpe. She id a passage of less than 12 days from ,iverpotil. ' There h.td been an advance in Utnan of -6i. in Liverpool, and i!:c market firm. I'hr re is also m-re news frio Fraice. 3o the lNth inst. anmther Plot to over hrow the (vieru"-nei had been ihscover d in Paris-the Gverntment hail mns-de it. 'elf acqluaintel wit!h fotll details of the af 'air, and had taken ri;itl measures in an icipation. Our despatch here terminates iruptly, the u..nunnuication having been uterrupied by a stot. General Cavnignac has made eve:y >reparation to meet that en-rge-ncy, and ls4by judicious energy placed tih- Re, rubtit: heyon-I danger. Fllteen prefects. if nine departments, had been removed rom their stati tns for implication in the usurre.ction of June. A pardlon of the present government ire in favor of presenting the suspected nuibers of the late govermtu;ent; while thers, including among them, Cavaignar. irmly opposed any such proceedin,. All -e political pristoners had been taken out if Paris to detached points in dhe vicinity. 1'he city was completely ftaified. E A melancholy incident occurred mu biturdety la,t while the -'ars were re urning from Charle.tun, freighted with he visitors to thait ceclebratiun, in the sud. felt death of a geitleman on board. whose ane we have not been able to leantt cur eetly, but helived t be PE:ancr:. It is supposed that his death was oc asioned by imprudence in drinkin, ice cater when greatly heuted.-:Colunbia Ielegraph. PROTRACTED M1EETING. A Protracted .\le:ting wi'l be held at ,Mon ain Creek Church, commencig on the Sato,. lay belmre the 4th Sit nday in Altgtst. Matiistering bpethren are rcaspectfulty invited u attend. CAMP Ml;CTING. A Cinp Mleetint for the Edaefield Circuit, vill be held at the ounrtt Vernon ('atmp ,round, commencing on Thursday the 10th of ,uetnst. Washington Divison, No. 7. Sous of Temperance. The Members are requested to meet at heir H-all on Friday evening next at 74 'elock. G..W- P . Jam:s Tloma Eq. s expected to deliver an nddire-n c-n that vetning. B. C. BRYAN, n. s. Buller Lodge No. 17. M. O, O. 47. 0?' Reguclar meetin2 or thtis Lodge will ii held on Miundaty eve-nmt niexi at 8 'clock. JOIIN LYON Sec. Anj2 it 28 BY' virtue of a writ or Fie-ri Faciin<. to mie direc:tedl, I will proeedl tot stll cat the Vaire flhoiie of Gdiger & Pasrtl>iw in lthe ['iown tif Ilamiburg, cat WVedntesda:y the l(ith itt.. in; the, foclowitig cras i Wilhamt I. Ainss.1 s. Danmdy & Kev foiuriteen Ilifs of ('ottio. evied oat n-s the property uf T1. N. D)ancdy. Teint msof sale ensh. S. CI IISTII', A. at. n. ;TA Ti OF SOUJTII CAR. ll ANA.' EDGE1-FlELD) DISTRICT. .IN OHIDINARY BY .OHN hlitt. IEsl., Ordinal-y of. EdeI r ield Djiserict: Whlereas Thomtas ALCarry hiath ash) lied tn tme fort let:ers oif aidmmctistration. nt all andi siugulIar the goodcss tt ni dihnt les. its anid credits of A letamier Ste watt te of the District aforesaid, dec'd. Thles'e aire, therefore. 1( cite anid admcton hI all an td sitnguhar, the istined1 utnd credi rs of the satid deceased, tn be and apipear efore mel, ait our ticxt Ordinairy's Court ar the said Dist ict, to be htoldeni at Edge eld Court Hco,emo the .ll:ht dasy of ugntsi nex,, tao show cause, if anty,.why e said admuini.t ratioji should tnot be ranted. Given under my hand antd seal, ibtis2Sth ny of Ju:ely ini the year of our Lord ie thou-eand eighit hundred antd for:y iht and in the seventty-third year of tiet ican Indepenadenc-e. JOUN llL L, o, E. D. Aug2 2t 2S TATE 01F SOUTHl CAROLINA. EDGEFIELI) DISTR{ICT. SY JOllN ii iLL, Esq., Ordiuary of, Edgtelie ld District. Whereas Chesley Wells bath applied tome for Fetters of Admtinistraition,. in all rid singular thce goocds atnd chaitels, rights td credits of Wiley Wells hle of he District afoiresaid, deceased. These are, thterefore, to cite and aidion Ih all and sinigular, the kindred and credi rs of the said deceased. to he anid appear lstore me, at our next Oridinary's Coitri r the said District to be holdeic at Edlge-. aId Court House ocn the 14th day of uust next., to show can,~e, if any, by the said admiinistruation shoiuld not be ranted. GJiven under my hand and seal, this. 28t h iy of July in the year of our Lord me thousand eight hundred and forty-eight tid in thIe seventy-third year of Acmer an Indepecndence. JOHIN 1IL L, o. E. D. A,.. o t 28 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN TilE COURIT OF ORDINARY. BY JOHN HILL,. Esq, Ordinary of E! dl^.lfeld Ditrict. Wicreas 1ark lthridgt hath Np. plied to m1e'or Letters of &lministrs 0ion. on all and singular the good-e ant chautels, rights and credits of Rachet Jinings. late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, Iberef re. to cite anid dmon. ish oil and singular; the kindred and cred1 itors of the said deceased. to be and appear helire me. nt our next Ordinary's Gitt foar th said Districi In hi holden at Edge ield Court louse ion she 14th day of A ug'r. ir,4l. to shnw aensc". if any, why the said nminiirtiiat i.httl.l not et granted. Given tnlder my hand and veal, ibis the Ist day of Aue(Js'. in the year of our Lord one iii t and eiglt hundred ard f'rty eight and in seventy third year of Amrer ican independlenc. JOHN IILL, o. v.. i. A ng. 2 2t 28 Cheap Cal:cocs. EV P. terns aul the cheape<t in thenmar ket, just received f'romn Plul:delphin. Price 124 vents ia yard. it. S. ROBERTS. Aug2 _ t 28 Fresh Figs and Rais:na. T URKEY Fig sat 25eents a pronnd. Bnnch Ml t,sntel Raisins, 1-2.1 cetls a ponnd For sale by i . S ROBEltT . Ang2 tf 28 ' The Cachou Aromatise and Jujube Paste. T IE CACIIOU connunicates a delight . fil and ngree:ale pert'ine to the breath after smoking or taking Inwdicines, &e. &e., in boxes 25 cents each. Jujube Paste;in boxes 124 cesl: each. Fur s;al. by Rt. S. ROBERTS. Aug 2 tf ?8 . Townsend's Sarsaparilla. r 111s preparntion is in very latge bottles conntnining a itiart. and is superior to SaIId's or Hull's. It is inw"eting with astonisb. 1ngsicc,'ss in cores and sales. Ptice $1 a bottle. A new sup1l just received by it. S. ROBERTS. Ang 2. tf 28 Chinese Floating Snnd Soap. A new and ele:ant preparation for the Toi let and for softening, whitening, and leuntifying the hand, and face. Teis soap ob viates.ttne objection afthose who find the Sand B;:tll to cnarse. and is warranted superior to anything ofTered in the imarke-t Irice 12i tents a cake. Fur sale by R. S. ROBEETS. Aug 2. if 28 Piano and Furniture At Auclion. 11E Subscriber being abont 'th 'more fHE'rom Edgetield. will offer hii Piaiib.and the grenter part of the rest of hi,. honsehord fur nitnre. Kitclheo nUensils. Creckery &c. ti,lale at Anction. on Thrshdny the 10th of Angust. Sale to comumencei nt 9 o'clock. TSats-Suus under $20. Cash. " $50, 4 -onths. over $50, G MunThs. Witlh approyed endorsed Notes with interest fron date. P. L.-JONES. August 2d, 1848. 2t. f. 28. Public iNolice I S hereby given, that applicatioo will be m-nde to the Legislature, for an.Att of Itncorporntion of Maunt. Tabor .Db.urch, situated 6 miles N. bi. of Edgefield Court Jnly 19 18493m 261 Nolice. aPPLICA TION will be made at t66he t- - A. in of te Legislatnre to diacontinuei 02n Niety.Six Cresk aind the Creek tiest a bov., thae'Gin House of N. L. Grifflit, on the said roal. July 19. 184g. ____3m 20 IIartdwarrs, Cutler?,#c. 6c. CDNis:to IN PART (IF Knives and Forks. Poicket Knives. Rodgers' Rsazors. Seisors antd Shena,. Shie Knives. Buitchier Knives. P'erenssiont Caps, P'owder Flasks. Shunt Ponches, Mahozanuy Knobs, C2lrttain Pins. Cork 5erews. Nail and Spike G;imb-ts. Brasst SoifelTrs. lHat Hooaks. Brass luntts. Ringse. Kia'hs and N:ails, Steel Spurs. T'en :atnd 'iTable Spoons. Plane Iri)na. Socket --Rogh & R.,aduy" i.az'ar Strraps. Spades atnd - Shovels. Pt1it Scydbe Bla:des. Collin's Axes. Rtim Plate and P.l~; L.:cks. Till Chest and Trunk l.ncks. K roh Latches. Round Bolts. H-atter Chaiin<. Scri'w i)risers. Cast Butts and Cut T;aeks. Nil I lammenrs. Shiingling Claw antdi Drond llatcel., Tein Kettles. Trace antd latr Chanits, Sauce P.mns, S.ad Irons, Wafila. and WVafer Irone. Stelysards and H-oes. Ohek ~ad hland daws,. Curry Comrbs. Draiwing Koive's. Sandl Papier. Pewter P-awcetts, Bras,. C:and!'e Stie~k4. Ciilfee iiills. Iron Boutnd i al Paiinted Bntckets, 5it'ters anal Brooms. Just receivedu, and for sale by CIIAS; A. MEIGs. .Jnly 26 t( 27 Starchu, Mal Etatus, Peper, '&c. B EST white Poland Starch, 12.3 cts. a New Sal Erntuts. 123 eta.na pound. Pentri Ash. 12.1 ucs. a pIound.i Black Peppe.r. 124 ets. a ponitt Ginger. 123 ets. sa pliatu. Ground Ginger atnd Pepper, very fine sat 18.j et5. tna ound. Just received from,PIilade!lhin, bty RL. S. ROBERTS. July 2 6 t f 27 Sperna, Linseecd and Tangi Oils, &c. L EAC h ED Spetrm (il, beatiful qualith BSl.25 e ts. per gaulloai. .inlsieed Oil. $l i,a. pr gall. Fine Traini Oil, 87.3 ets. p)er g.alfn. Alcohol. S t.25 e ts. per gnilini, purte. Spirits of Tiarpuenine 87.I ets. ai gallon. Fur sale at the cheapj store of RL. S. ROB){ERTS. SJaly 27 tf 27 Br'ushes, Blacking, &c., 10 'tP Kt N1T or dnable Bilackinig Brushes. 25 e.. to 3741 ets. each. flair irnmt. Dust Brushes, Scrubbing Briasbes. &c. &c. &c. H ait Brushes, a line ar.icle at 25 ets. and up.~ 075 cts. For snle biy IR. S. ROBER TS. .Jnly26l iF 27 Brooms. SPLEN DID Ilonse Blraoms, 124ets. up to .50 cis. chcl, the largest nd- best ever nade. For snie by R. S. ROBERTS. Juily 26 iF 27